Tuesday, May 31, 2022

How to stay calm under pressure - Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen


Your favorite athlete closes in for a win; the crowd holds its breath, and at the crucial moment ... she misses the shot. That competitor just experienced the phenomenon known as “choking,” where despite months, even years, of practice, a person fails right when it matters most. Why does this happen, and what can we do to avoid it? Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen explain why we choke under pressure.

Lesson by Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen, animation by Olesya Shchukina.

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Saturday, May 28, 2022

Last Saturday of Every Month


When: Saturday, May 28, 2022
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Where: Downtown Fairfield located 'on the green' at the corner of Jefferson & Texas Streets, Fairfield, CA 94533

To protect your health and slow the spread of the coronavirus, we will be follow the most recent guidance from the Center for Disease Control.

The Matt Garcia Foundation will provide gloves, garbage pickers and buckets for collecting the trash.

Students can earn community service hours. Lunch provided after the cleanup.

For more information visit our website.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

This Month in History


African American Olympic athlete Archie Williams (1915-1993) was born in the month of May, in Oakland California. Williams, along with Jesse Owens, defeated German athletes at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and helped debunk Adolf Hitler's theory of Aryan racial superiority. Williams won a gold medal in the 400-meter race. After the Olympics, he went on to earn a mechanical engineering degree and became an airplane pilot.

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Sunday, May 22, 2022

Safety Tips for Kids | What are safety rules for kids? Video for Kids


Let's Learn about Safety tips for kids at home, schools and outside.

Kids will be able to understand all about Safety Rules, First Aid, Good Touch & Bad Touch with this video.

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Thursday, May 19, 2022

Kindness Rocks Project

Join us in taking part in this global trend and in supporting our community members during this National Mental Health Awareness Month.

Register by using the following link.

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Monday, May 16, 2022

Earth Day Cleanup


The Matt Garcia Foundation would like to thank those who came out to our Earth Day Clean up at Allan Witt Park. Great job! We couldn’t have picked up and removed as much trash with out your help.


Ways to Celebrate Earth Day Every Day
  • Use reusable shopping bags
  • Pick up trash
  • Use reusable water bottle
  • Unplug items when they’re not in use
  • Turn water off while brushing teeth

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Friday, May 13, 2022

Travel Hacks + A Sunny Goodbye | LIFE HACKS FOR KIDS


Say hello to expert life hacker, Gillian, on this VERY special episode of Life Hacks for Kids. As Sunny prepares for her next big hackventure Gillian is here to give you all the best travel tips and tricks. Make sure to keep watching Peacock Kids for hints as to Sunny's big news!

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Big Things Are Happening!


We are so excited to announce the Matt Garcia Foundation now has an office space to call their own at 717 Texas Street in Downtown Fairfield. The location is perfect because Matt spent much of his time downtown picking up trash and meeting with business owners as part of his vision for improving our City.

We want to thank the Matt Garcia Career and College Academy for allowing us to use their school in the past for our meetings.

We are now in the process of remodeling the office. The Foundation would like to thank Jonny Morales, Alex and Alec Romero for installing the flooring and painting. Thanks also to Raymond and Teresa Courtemanche for cleaning and decorating the interior/exterior along with Vince and Sheila Webster for finding office furniture at no cost. We also have a new 48 inch Samsung TV donated by Tony and Kenda Hejnicki.

The future holds endless possibilities for us!

To learn more about our vision and needs for this office space please contact Teresa at: Mattsmom@ffinest.org

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Saturday, May 7, 2022

Benefits of Drinking Water

Drinking up to a recommend 8 glass of water daily can leave you with shinier hair, younger skin, a healthier body pure, clear water is the world’s best beauty elixir.

Water Can Help Control Calories.

Dieters have been drinking lots of water as a weight loss strategy. While water doesn’t have any magical effect on weight loss, substituting it for higher calorie beverages can certainly help.

Food that have a high water content tends to look larger, its higher volume requires more chewing, and it is absorbed more slowly by the body, which helps you feel full. Water-rich foods include fruits, vegetables, broth-based soups, oatmeal, and beans.

Water Helps Energize Muscles.

Cells that don’t maintain their balance of fluids and electrolytes shrivel, which can result in muscle fatigue.

It is important to drink water while you are doing exercise because when muscle cells don’t have adequate fluids, they don’t work as well and your performance will suffer.

Water Helps your Skin and Hair Looking Good.

Your skin contains plenty of water, and functions as a protective barrier to prevent excess fluid loss

Hairdressers have been saying a cool-water rinse leaves hair glossier. The chilly temp constricts the cuticle layer of your hair so it lies flatter; making strands smoother and more reflective.

Water is an essential part of life and health.

Ensure you have clean, nourishing drinking water for yourself and your family is crucial to your well-being. But for many people, access to adequate quantities of safe drinking water is hard to come by. If you can afford it, home treatment options can make a huge difference, compared to drinking bottled water, home water treatment can save large amounts of money, while preventing extensive plastic pollution.

Depending on the quality and safety of your water source, and your budget, there are many factors to consider when determining the best water treatment option for you. UV systems can remove bacterial contamination. Carbon water treatment systems can remove chlorine and other basic contaminants. RO systems can remove a much wider array of contaminants. And for those who can afford it, adding hydrogen to your water may yield potentially significant antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

What is Scholarship? - Quick and Easy Explanation


This video provides easy to understand overview of Scholarship in just three minutes.

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Sunday, May 1, 2022

Inspiration.

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.
- Charles Evans Hughes –

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
- Jimmy Dean -

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